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Six Words Saturday

Posted in Eco event, Holy Shit!, Jewish life, Little joys of life, The gorgeous world around us on November 7, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Weather permitting, Monkey’s Mitzvah spot: Sea!
(Taken with my spiffmo new smartphone.)

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Ten Things Wednesday

Posted in Jewish life, Life with Dogs, My life, Ten things Tuesday, pondering on September 29, 2009 | 6 Comments »

1. I’ve been missing this space, and Jules’ space, and Dingo’s and Louise’s and Kizz’s and Gerry’s and K8’s and… and frankly, am looking forward to hauling myself through this semester to regain some of my time away from reading and grading 40+ essays per week.  Thing is, because of some things that aren’t yet [...]

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“If it’s called a fast, why does it go so slowly?”

Posted in Family Dynamics, Jewish life, My life, The gorgeous world around us on September 27, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Tap, tap, tap… is this thing working??
About 4 days ago, I had a whole post nearly ready to go. Written in one fierce burst of creativity, it was up on my screen while I got up to get some tea… and then the power went off.  All that remained of my sparkling wit and loquaciousness [...]

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L’Shana Tovah!

Posted in Evolution, Jewish life, Messages from the Universe, My life, pondering on September 19, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Tonight – after sundown – is the first day in the Jewish New Year – Happy 5770!
What we try to do each year in these Days of AWE is to use the spirit of the holiday – renwal, growth and personal evolution -  to inspire our thinking.  Between now and next Sunday night (Yom Kippur), [...]

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Planning the next Bat Mitzvah

Posted in Family Dynamics, Holy Shit!, Jewish life, My life, Ode to fabulousness, Organic products, Parenting, Photos, Relationships, Sustainbility, The gorgeous world around us on September 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Oy.
In September of next year, Monkeyface will be 13 and will become Bat Mitzvah. Plans have been brewing pretty much since the last movie, but you know when best laid plans go awry? Back to the drawing board.
I grew up attending a Conservative congregation, and I was Bat Mitzvahed with a (very nice, nasal,  and [...]

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Ten Things Tues, er Wednesday 2

Posted in Family Dynamics, Food, General bitching, Holy Shit!, Jewish life, My life, Stupidity on June 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Whole chucks of time have disappeared lately and I’m busy enough that not only have I not been visiting other blogs much, I haven’t had time to write. I am hopeful that things will shift soon so I can be more of a presence here and your sites.
1.My niece’s Bat Mitzvah was wonderful.  Decked out [...]

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Ten Things Tuesd, er… Wednesday

Posted in AFGO, Family Dynamics, Jewish life, Teenage and pre-teen daughters, Ten things Tuesday, a kid's world, aging parents on June 10, 2009 | 5 Comments »

Tuesday got away from me.  It seems to be Wednesday…
1. My sister’s daughter will become Bat Mitzvah this coming weekend, which means my sister is mere days away from hosting a potentially insane gathering. She’s holding up fairly well (she’s got the twitching under control, but I’m a little concerned about the maniacal giggling), but [...]

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It IS a small world

Posted in Holy Shit!, Jewish life, Weird and Wonderful on June 8, 2009 | 5 Comments »

After a week of the creeping crud, I am back almost as new.  This virus was a pisser, though, so if any of you have aches, sore throat, sore eyeballs (yeah, yeah, I know there are no nerve endings in eyeballs – the muscles around the eyeballs, ok?) and generally feel like crap on a [...]

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Ten Things Tuesday: Bread of Affliction

Posted in Family Dynamics, Food, Friends, Friends: family you choose, Jewish life, Little joys of life, a kid's world, aging parents, community on April 14, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Passover ends on Thursday after sundown at which point the matzah, what my daughter contemptuously calls “cardboard,” can be sidelined for just about anything leavened. Boo has requested muffins and pies and will probably do the happy dance of pastry as the sun sets.  Poor kid; such suffering.
1. Seder for 27: FOOD.  This past Saturday [...]

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“Next Year in the White House:” Passover thoughts

Posted in Family Dynamics, Food, Friends, Friends: family you choose, Jewish life, My life, a kid's world, community on April 10, 2009 | 5 Comments »

That’s  THIS year: President Obama hosted a Seder in the White House last night, the first ever, EVER to occur in that residence. Traditionally, the last thing said at a seder is “Next year in Jerusalem,” but it seems Mr. Obama DID find his promised land.
I found the story to be grin inducing and the [...]

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